Glock 44 Ammo?

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I was lucky enough last week to purchase a Glock 44 (22LR) from one of our speonsor dealers. Of course, being in Ontario, I will be lucky to have the gun in time for Christmas.

As for ammo, I have spoken to a few of our dealer sponsors and I have been told that the Glock 44 likes high velocity ammo.

To that point, I have landed on both CCI Mini Mag and Winchester Super X. One of our sponsors has plenty of each in stock.

I would love to hear from some owners with much more knowledge than I have.

I would hate to oreder 1,000 or 2,000 rounds only to find out, it's the wrong ammo for a Glock 44.

Thanking you in advance.
 
I've used CCI Stingers with 100% functionality. Federal bulk pack will work if the pistol is perfectly clean and lubed (about 100 rounds). Tried a Liley (?) branded .22 HV ammo and no luck there either.

CCI's always go bang and cycle the action so I keep it on hand. If you wouldn't mind letting me know who has Mini Mag in stock by PM I'd appreciate it. Might be a little cheaper than the Stingers I've found.
 
I don’t own one of these, but look up 22 plinkster on YouTube. He did a review on this gun and for whatever reason it didn’t seem to like 36gr ammo. Maybe it was specific to the one he had, but if I were you I’d try out a box before buying a lot of it.
 
Winchester M22 in the 1000rnd packs is the cheapest I go with good results. CCI Mini Mags & AR Tactical is what I purchase for it regularly. Couldn’t tell you if one is more accurate than the other as I don’t shoot for groups with it.
Mine eats just about anything. I’ve been feeding it whatever my rifles don’t like just to rid the ammo of my stock without issue. I prefer 40gr when shooting steel @ 25m.
Yours being brand spanking new id go CCI mini mags. Pretty much the golden standard for reliability in my eyes. Keep a BoreSnake in your range bag and run it thru it every brick with a shot of Ballistol a couple minutes before hand. Keep the snake in a ziplock to not foul your bag.
 
CCI Mini Mags are kind of the gold standard for finnicky guns. I don't own a Glock 44 specifically, but out of all the people I've seen have ammo problems with 22s have solved them by switching to the 40 grain round nose Mini Mags (Or AR Tactical, more or less the same thing).

Bit of background- I'm the pistol director for our club here in Calgary, I've seen dozens of people shoot dozens of 22s (Pistols and rifles), and this opinion is formed based on that. I exclusively run CCI HV stuff in my guns and almost never have ammo related issues.

Little more expensive than the average bulk 22, but worth it IMO. Accuracy at longer range varies, as with everything, but my primary use is Steel Challenge; so fairly short range. Accuracy isn't as much of a concern.
 
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Freedom shooter said:
I don’t own one of these, but look up 22 plinkster on YouTube. He did a review on this gun and for whatever reason it didn’t seem to like 36gr ammo. Maybe it was specific to the one he had, but if I were you I’d try out a box before buying a lot of it.
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No disrespect to 22 Plinkster but I believe he had a very early G44 that was not up to spec. I wish he would review it again.

My own G44 did not like cheap bulk ammo. Ie. Lead nose standard velocity. But after breaking it in with a brick of 36g Mini Mags with zero failure I tried Standard velocity again and had no issues. There were a few feeding errors with magtech and some subsonic rounds but it was related to 1 mag that didn't like to feed the last couple of rounds. I think the spring might be weaker than the other mags.

When you load a G44 mag you can see all the rounds in the side. If you see any kind of gap then turn the mag sideways and take a little pressure off by lowering the follower helper and gently shake the mag. Also when you are loading the mag it helps to have the mag on a flat surface. You will clearly see the rounds drop in on either side alternate left and right. You can see that same pattern on the rounds in a loaded mag. If you load the mag right you shouldn't have feeding issues.

Also before you load any mag into the G44 take a look at the first round on the mag and make sure the nose is up. It's too easy to bump the first round and the nose will be low and it won't clear the ramp on the mag and will hang up when you rack the slide.

It is not a plug and play gun. It's very picky about how it wants to be handled. But once you learn it then it's as reliable as 22 ammo allows.

36g mini mag is hollow point and 40g mini mag is round nose. Hollow points need extra care when loading to clear the ramp on the mag. I think 22 Plinkster ran into this issue. Since he reviewed the gun lots of other people have figure this out.
 
MethodTAG said:
No disrespect to 22 Plinkster but I believe he had a very early G44 that was not up to spec. I wish he would review it again.

My own G44 did not like cheap bulk ammo. Ie. Lead nose standard velocity. But after breaking it in with a brick of 36g Mini Mags with zero failure I tried Standard velocity again and had no issues. There were a few feeding errors with magtech and some subsonic rounds but it was related to 1 mag that didn't like to feed the last couple of rounds. I think the spring might be weaker than the other mags.

When you load a G44 mag you can see all the rounds in the side. If you see any kind of gap then turn the mag sideways and take a little pressure off by lowering the follower helper and gently shake the mag. Also when you are loading the mag it helps to have the mag on a flat surface. You will clearly see the rounds drop in on either side alternate left and right. You can see that same pattern on the rounds in a loaded mag. If you load the mag right you shouldn't have feeding issues.

Also before you load any mag into the G44 take a look at the first round on the mag and make sure the nose is up. It's too easy to bump the first round and the nose will be low and it won't clear the ramp on the mag and will hang up when you rack the slide.

It is not a plug and play gun. It's very picky about how it wants to be handled. But once you learn it then it's as reliable as 22 ammo allows.

36g mini mag is hollow point and 40g mini mag is round nose. Hollow points need extra care when loading to clear the ramp on the mag. I think 22 Plinkster ran into this issue. Since he reviewed the gun lots of other people have figure this out.
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Good information to know.
 
Many thanks for the advice.

Not 100% sure, but I believe the dealer that has the Mini Mags and the Winchester Super X (plus the bulk 9MM that I need) doesn't have the CCI Tactical HV.

I am trying to get both my 22LR ammo and my 9MM amo from the same dealer to cut down on shipping costs.

The sad thing, I am about a Rory McElroy driver from Cabelas but thier ammo supply is pretty thin.
 
WOWWW

Thanks for the awesome advice. I was only looking at 40 grain. I will be printing off your mag loading advice and have it handy with me at the range.

Much appreciated.
 
This is why I love this Forum.

One of the salesmen at one of our sponsors said to NOT use Stingers; didn't say why; just don't use them.

Nothing is easy (LOL).
 
Mine has been absolutely flawless with CCI Standard Velocity, Green Tag, and Pistol Match. I've also run some Federal Automatch through it, but only a couple hundred rounds.
 
66Milano said:
This is why I love this Forum.

One of the salesmen at one of our sponsors said to NOT use Stingers; didn't say why; just don't use them.

Nothing is easy (LOL).
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probably because the Stinger has a slightly longer case than a standard 22LR and sometimes they can be finicky in semis. YMMV. I've never had an issue in most guns, sometimes the accuracy wasn't great and sometimes they shot better than match ammo. That's 22LR for you though.
 
Thanks for sharing.

I was also told by the sponsor salesperson that CCI Standard Velocity was not a good choice for a Glock 44; obviouly, that has not been your experience.
 
Mine seems to eat everything so far and it's all been bulk pack stuff. Have had some failures, yes. But nothing I find unusual for something in .22LR. No worse than my 10/22 or Mark II.

The trick with the G44 seems to be to make sure the mags are loaded right with the first round tipped up a little. I usually do a final "snap" with the spring compressor thing on the mag.
 
If you can find some Federal Punch 22LR it's got more kick than stingers and is fun to shoot. In my G19X I want less recoil but in the G44 more recoil is more fun. It's pricey ammo for 22 but a nice change once in a while. I've only seen it twice in my local shop.
 
Thank you for the advice.

On the advice of another member, I watched Plnkster 22 and he said Federal Punch was his very favourite 22LR cartridge.

I will check out our sponsors to see if any of them have Federal Punch.

I was going to get about 1,000 rounds of CCI High Velocity and 1,000 rounds of Winchester Super X; I think that I will scale back those numbers; try them and if I can get Federal Punch, try that as well.

Thanks again.

Great News

I found Federal Punch 22LR at a retailer who is about 3 kms from my house.
 
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66Milano said:
Thank you for the advice.

On the advice of another member, I watched Plnkster 22 and he said Federal Punch was his very favourite 22LR cartridge.

I will check out our sponsors to see if any of them have Federal Punch.

I was going to get about 1,000 rounds of CCI High Velocity and 1,000 rounds of Winchester Super X; I think that I will scale back those numbers; try them and if I can get Federal Punch, try that as well.

Thanks again.

Great News

I found Federal Punch 22LR at a retailer who is about 3 kms from my house.
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Sooo 22Plinkster is definitely sponsored by Federal. Take his ammo recommendations with a grain of salt.

Edit: Though he also has deals with CCI. Whatever, hard to tell what is truth and what is sponsorships talking, lol.
 
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